Creating method, information introducing system, creating apparatus, computer program, and recording medium

ABSTRACT

There are provided a method and others capable of appropriately protecting literary works without requiring any operation by a web site administrator or a user. A web server transmits a content, copyright information on the content, and execution information for introducing the content to a creation device. The creation device receives the transmitted content, copyright information, and execution information. When the content is introduced in association with the transmitted execution information, the creation device extracts the copyright information on the transmitted content and transmits the address of the content and the extracted copyright information to a creation program for creating a web page.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a creation method of creating a webpagefor introducing content using a creation device connected therewiththrough a communication network to a web server in which the content isstored, and to an information introducing system and the creation deviceused for the method, and to a computer program and a recording mediumfor realizing a function of the creation device, and more particularlyto a technology to appropriately protect copyright information on thecontent in the webpage to be introduced.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, what is called a blog (or weblog) has spread, in whicha hyperlink to news articles or images that exist in a website on theInternet, or a hyperlink to a specific website is set up, and articlesadded with one's own criticisms to the news article to introduce it arearranged in a chronological order. Upon creation of a blog, the blog maybe easily created on a browser by using software, such as BLOGGER orMOVABLETYPE (refer to Japanese Unexamined Patent Application PublicationNo. 2005-235118).

However, in many cases, contents published on the website, such asimages, movies, or texts copyright has been granted. There is a problemthat the contents are displayed in a user's blog without the user beingconscious of the copyright in many cases. In the meantime, a procedurefor the user to individually obtain an authorization of the copyrightfrom a website administrator is complicated.

Further, images, movies, or the like on the website where news arepublished are set up with a publishing period by a contract. Thus, therealso is a problem that the time period will lapse, even if the userintroduced the image in his/her blog.

Further, depending on the content to be introduced, it may not beappropriate for regulations of each country from moral or legalperspective. Thus, it is necessary to impose certain accessrestrictions, also in the blog that can freely introduce contents.

SUMMARY

The present invention addresses the conditions. A purpose of the presentinvention is to provide a creation method an information introducingsystem, the creation device, a computer program, and recording medium,that can appropriately protect a copyrighted work without bothering awebsite administrator and a user by appropriately processing thecopyright information on the content to be introduced.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a creation methodand the like that can appropriately handle the content, a publishingperiod of which lapsed, by processing using time-period informationduring which the content is published.

Still another purpose of the present invention is to provide a creationmethod and the like that does not violate the morals or laws of eachcountry by performing an access control.

A creation method according to the present invention is a creationmethod of creating a webpage for introducing content using a creationdevice connected to a web server through a communication network, theweb server storing the content. The creation method is characterized byincluding a transmitting step for causing the web server to transmitcontent, copyright information on the content, execute information forexecuting an introduction of the content to the creation device, a stepfor causing a control module of the creation device to extract thetransmitted copyright information on the content when the introductionof the content is executed in association with the transmitted executeinformation, and a sending step for causing the control module of thecreation device to send an address and the extracted copyrightinformation of the content to a creation program for creating a webpage.

The creation method according to the present invention may becharacterized by further including a step for causing an input module ofthe creation device to receive a comment related to the content, and anoutput step for causing the control module of the creation device tooutput the address and the copyright information of the content sentcorresponding to the received comment in the sending step, to an openserver computer connected through the communication network.

An information introducing system according to the present invention isan information introducing system including a web server in whichcontent is stored, and a creation device connected to the web serverthrough a communication network and for creating a webpage forintroducing the content. The information introducing system ischaracterized in that the web server includes a transmitting means fortransmitting content, copyright information on the content, and executeinformation for executing an introduction of the content to the creationdevice, and the creation device includes a control module, a means forcausing the control module to extract the transmitted copyrightinformation on the content when the introduction of the content isexecuted in association with the transmitted execute information, and asending means for causing the control module to send the address and theextracted copyright information of the content to a creation program forcreating a webpage.

The information introducing system according to the present inventionmay be characterized in that the creation device further includes ameans for receiving a comment related to the content from an inputmodule, and an output means for causing the control module to output theaddress and the copyright information of the content that are sent bythe sending means, corresponding to the received comment to an openserver computer connected through the communication network.

The information introducing system according to the present inventionmay be characterized in that the transmitting means is configured sothat it further transmits time-period information during whichpublicizing of the content is permitted, and the creation device furtherincludes a means for causing the control module to display informationindicating that an introduction period of the content ends, based on thetransmitted time-period information.

The information introducing system according to the present inventionmay be characterized in that the creation device further includes ameans for storing a refusal address of an accessing end, introduction ofwhich is to be refused, and the output means is configured so that itoutputs the address, the copyright information on the content, and therefusal address corresponding to the content, corresponding to thereceived comment, to the open server computer.

An information introducing system according to the present invention isan information introducing system including a web server in whichcontent is stored, a creation device for creating a webpage forintroducing the content, and a server computer for publicizing thecontent. The information introducing system is characterized in that theweb server includes a transmitting means for transmitting content,execute information for executing the introduction of the content, andan address of the open server computer to the creation device. Thecreation device includes a control module, and a means for causing thecontrol module to transmit an address of the content to the open servercomputer with reference to the address of the open server computer, whenthe introduction of the content is executed in association with thetransmitted execute information. The open server computer includes anopen control module, a means for accessing the web server with referenceto the transmitted address of the content, and causing the open controlmodule to acquire the copyright information on the content, and a memorymeans for storing the acquired copyright information and the address ofthe content so as to correspond one to the other.

The information introducing system according to the present inventionmay be characterized in that the creation device includes a means forreceiving a comment related to the content from an input module, and anoutput means for causing the control module to output the receivedcomment to the open server computer, and the memory means is configuredso that it stores the comment transmitted from the creation device so asto correspond it to the address and the copyright information of thecontent that are stored.

A creation device according to the present invention is a creationdevice for causing a control module to create a webpage for introducingcontent. The creation device is characterized by including a receivingmeans for receiving content, copyright information of the content,execute information for executing an introduction of the content, fromoutside, a means for causing the control module to extract thetransmitted copyright information on the content when the control moduledetermines that the introduction of the content is executed inassociation with the received execute information, and a sending meansfor causing the control module to send the address and the extractedcopyright information of the content to a creation program for creatingthe webpage.

The creation device according to the present invention may becharacterized by further including a means for receiving a commentrelated to the content from an input module, and an output means forcausing the control module to output the address and the copyrightinformation of the content to outside that are sent by the sending meanscorresponding to the received comment.

The creation device according to the present invention may becharacterized in that the receiving means is configured so that itfurther receives time-period information during which publicizing of thecontent is permitted, and the creation device further includes a meansfor causing the control module to display information indicating that anintroduction period of the content ends, based on the transmittedtime-period information.

The creation system according to the present invention may becharacterized by further including a means for storing a refusal addressof an accessing end, introduction of which is to be refused, in a memorymodule. The output means may be configured so that it outputs theaddress of the content corresponding to the received comment, and thecopyright information, and the refusal address corresponding to thecontent.

A creation device according to the present invention is a creationdevice for causing a control module to create a webpage for introducingcontent. The creation device is characterized by including a means forreceiving a selection of the content to be introduced from an inputmodule, a means for causing the control module to extract an address ofthe received content and copyright information, a sending means forcausing the control module to send the address and the extractedcopyright information of the content to a creation program for creatingthe webpage.

The creation device according to the present invention may becharacterized by further including a means for receiving a commentrelated to the content from the input module, an output means forcausing the control module to output the address and the copyrightinformation of the content that are sent by the sending means,corresponding to the received comment.

A computer program according to the present invention is characterizedby being a computer program for causing a control module of a computerto execute a receiving step for receiving content, copyright informationon the content, execute information for executing an introduction of thecontent, from outside, a step for causing the control module to extractthe transmitted copyright information on the content when the controlmodule determines that the introduction of the content is executed inassociation with the received execute information, and a transmittingstep for causing the control module to transmit the address and theextracted copyright information of the content to a creation program forcreating the webpage. A recording medium according to the presentinvention is characterized by being a recording medium readable by acomputer on which a computer program for causing the computer includinga control module to create a webpage for introducing content isrecorded. The computer program recorded on the recording medium causesthe control module of the computer to execute a receiving step forreceiving content, copyright information on the content, executeinformation for executing an introduction of the content, from outside,a step for causing the control module to extract the transmittedcopyright information on the content when the control module determinesthat the introduction of the content is executed in association with thereceived execute information, and a sending step for causing the controlmodule to send the address and the extracted copyright information ofthe content to a creation program for creating the webpage.

A computer program according to the present invention is characterizedby being a computer program for causing a computer including a controlmodule to create a webpage for introducing content. The computer programcauses the computer to execute a step for receiving a selection of thecontent to be introduced from an input module, a step for causing thecontrol module to extract an address and copyright information of thereceived content, and a transmitting step for causing the control moduleto transmit the address and the extracted copyright information of thecontent to a creation program for creating the webpage. A recordingmedium according to the present invention is characterized by being arecording medium readable by a computer on which a computer program forcausing the computer including a control module to create a webpage forintroducing content is recorded. The computer program recorded on therecording medium causes the computer to execute a step for receiving aselection of the content to be introduced from an input module, a stepfor causing the control module to extract an address and copyrightinformation of the received content, and a sending step for causing thecontrol module to send the address and the extracted copyrightinformation of the content to a creation program for creating thewebpage.

In the present invention, the information introducing system includesthe web server in which content is stored, and the creation deviceconnected with the web server through the communication network forcreating a webpage for introducing the content. The web server transmitscontent, copyright information of the content, and execute informationfor executing an introduction of the content to the creation device. Thecreation device receives the content, the copyright information, and theexecute information that are transmitted. When the control moduledetermines that the introduction of the content is executed inassociation with the transmitted execute information, the creationdevice causes the control module to extract the transmitted copyrightinformation of the content. In addition, the control module sends theaddress and the extracted copyright information of the content to thecreation program for creating the webpage.

In addition, the creation device receives the comment related to thecontent from the input module. The creation device causes the controlmodule to output the address and the copyright information of thecontent that are sent corresponding to the received comment to the openserver computer connected therewith through the communication network.Thus, by performing the introduction of the content which a user wantsto introduce, because the copyright information on the content is sentto the creation program and outputted to the open server computer, it ispossible to appropriately protect a copyrighted work with easyprocesses, without bothering the website administrator who administratesthe content, and the user.

In the present invention, the web server transmits the time-periodinformation during which the publicizing of the content is permitted tothe creation device. The control module of the creation device thatreceived the time-period information displays the information indicatingthat the introduction period of the content ends, based on thetransmitted time-period information. There fore, even when the userintroduces a website where the publishing period of an image is set forthe website, such as of news, the user can easily recognize an end-timeof the publishing period.

In the present invention, the control module of the creation devicestores the refusal address of the accessing end, introduction of whichis to be refused, in the memory module. The creation device outputs theaddress of the content, the copyright information, and the refusaladdress corresponding to the content, corresponding to the receivedcomment for the content, to the open server computer. In addition, theopen server computer restricts viewing of the content by referring tothe refusal address information and the address of the computer to whichaccess is attempted. Therefore, the user is possible to impose the viewrestriction according to the morality or law of each country. Further,the website administrator who provides the content also is possible toreliably permit the introduction of the content by the user reliably.

In the present invention, the creation device receives the selection ofthe content to be introduced, from the input module. In addition, thecontrol module extracts the address and the copyright information of thecontent that are received. The control module sends the address and theextracted copyright information of the content to the creation programfor creating the webpage. The creation device receives the commentrelated to the content from the input module. The creation deviceoutputs the address and the copyright information of the content thatare sent corresponding to the received comment. Therefore, the user ispossible to easily introduce the content expanding through the websites,while taking copyright into consideration.

In the present invention, the information introducing system includesthe web server in which the content is stored, the creation device thatcreates the webpage to introduce the content, and the open servercomputer of the content, connected with each other through thecommunication network. First, the web server transmits the content, theexecute information for executing the introduction of the content, andthe address of the open server computer in response to a request fromthe control module of the creation device. The creation device accessesthe open server computer with reference to the transmitted address ofthe open server computer, when the introduction of the content isexecuted in association with the transmitted execute information.Further, the address of the content is transmitted to the open servercomputer by the control module. The open control module of the openserver computer receives the address of the transmitted content, andaccesses the web server with reference to the address of the content. Inaddition, the open control module performs an acquisition request forthe copyright information according to the address of the content to theweb server. The web server transmits the copyright informationcorresponding to the content to the open server computer in response tothe acquisition request. Thus, the open control module of the openserver computer acquires the copyright information of the content. Theopen control module of the open server computer stores the acquiredcopyright information and the address of the content so as to correspondto each other.

Further, the creation device receives the comment related to the contentfrom the input module. The creation device causes the control module tooutput the received comment to the open server computer. The open servercomputer stores the comment transmitted from the creation device so asto correspond it to the address and the copyright information of thecontent that has already been stored. Thus, because the copyrightinformation is acquired when the execution of the introduction of theuser's content, it is possible to adequately protect the content with asimple configuration.

In the present invention, the creation device extracts the transmittedcopyright information of the content, when the introduction of thecontent is executed in association with the transmitted executeinformation. The creation device sends the address and the extractedcopyright information of the content to the creation program forcreating the webpage. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately protecta copyrighted work with easy processes, without bothering the websiteadministrator who administrates content, and the user.

In the present invention, the creation device that received thetime-period information displays the information indicating that theintroduction period of the content ends, based on the transmittedtime-period information. There fore, even when the user introduces thewebsite where the publishing period of the image is set for the website,such as of news, the user can easily recognize the end-time ofpublishing period.

In the present invention, the creation device outputs the refusaladdress corresponding to the content to the open server computer. Theopen server computer restricts the viewing of the content by referringto this refusal address information and the address of the computer towhich access is attempted. Therefore, the user is possible to imposeview restriction according to the morality or law of each country.Further, the website administrator who provides the content also ispossible to permit the introduction of the content by the user withoutanxiety by performing the view restriction.

Further, in the present invention, the control module extracts theaddress and the copyright information of the content that are received.The control module sends the address and the extracted copyrightinformation of the content to the creation program for creating thewebpage. The creation device receives the comment related to the contentfrom the input module, and outputs the address and the copyrightinformation of the content that are sent corresponding to the receivedcomment. Therefore, it is possible for the user to introduce the contentexpanding through the websites with a simple configuration, while takingcopyright into consideration.

Further, in the present invention, when the introduction of the contentis executed, the open server computer according to the addresstransmitted with the execute information acquires the copyrightinformation corresponding to the content from the web server. Therefore,information related to copyright can be displayed without the user whointroduces the content being particularly conscious, and it is possibleto appropriately protect the copyright of the content. As such, thepresent invention excels in the effects as above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of an informationintroducing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a usercomputer and a blog server.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a webserver.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a webpage displayedby accessing the web server.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a web browser thatis a creation program.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a blog.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a creation processing procedure of theblog according to a control program.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the creation processing procedure of theblog according to the control program.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the creation processing procedure of theblog according to the control program.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a view-restriction processaccording to Embodiment 2.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a usercomputer and a blog server according to Embodiment 3.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a webpagedisplayed by accessing a web server.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a creation processingaccording to Embodiment 4.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a usercomputer and a blog server according to Embodiment 4.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a creation processingaccording to Embodiment 5.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

-   1 user computer-   1 a recording medium-   2 web server-   3 blog server (open server computer)-   4 3rd person's computer-   11 CPU (control module)-   11 a recording medium-   13 input module-   14 display module-   15 memory module-   16 communication module-   25 memory module-   31 CPU (open control module)-   35 memory module-   41 “introduce” button (execute information)-   53 address input box-   54 content box-   151 control program-   152 web browser (creation program)-   153 time-period information file-   251 webpage file-   253 time-period information file-   351 blog file-   N network (Internet)-   S information introducing system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of an informationintroducing system according to the present invention. In theinformation introducing system S, a creation device 1, a web server 2,an open server computer 3, and a third person's computer 4 are connectedwith each other through a communication network N, such as the Internet(hereinafter, referred to as “Internet N”). A known personal computermay be used as the creation device 1, and hereinafter, the creationdevice 1 will be explained as a user computer 1. Known server computersmay be used as the web server 2 and the open server computer 3, and theopen server computer 3 will be explained as the blog server 3. Further,as for the third person's computer 4, a personal computer may be used.In the following embodiment, although the content to be introduced is animage, and a mode in which a user introduces the image by a so-called“blog” using the user computer 1 will be explained, the content may be amovie, a text, etc., as long as the content is a copyrighted work.

The web server 2 stores the content, and publishes a webpage on whichthe content is placed, through the Internet N. Here, in this embodiment,although the web server 2 publishes the webpage related to a newspaperarticle, it should not be limited to this. The user accesses the webserver 2 using the user computer 1 to view the webpage. When content,such as an image, that is desired to be published to a third personexists in the webpage, the user creates a blog to which a commentrelated to this is added. The created blog is uploaded (transmitted) tothe blog server 3, and the third person's computer 4 can view thisintroduced content and the comment related to the content by accessingthe blog server 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the usercomputer 1 and the blog server 3. The user computer 1 is configured soas to include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that is a controlmodule, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a memory module 15, aninput module 13, a display module 14, and a communication module 16. CPU11 is connected with each hardware component of the user computer 1through a bus 17 to control them, and executes various software-basedfunctions according to a control program 151 stored in the memory module15, such as a hard disk drive. The control program 151 is described in aprogramming language, such as C language or JAVA®.

RAM 12 is constituted with a SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or aflash memory to store temporary data generated at the time of executionof the software. For example, the input module 13 is constituted with akeyboard, a mouse, etc. to output information inputted by the user toCPU 11. The display module 14 is constituted with a LCD (Liquid CrystalDigital) display, etc. Here, the input module 13 and the display module14 may be integrated as a touch panel.

The memory module 15 stores a web browser 152 as a creation program forcreating a webpage for introducing content (i.e., a blog). Further, thememory module 15 stores a time-period information file 153 forpermitting publicizing of the content. The time-period information file153 stores a period during which the publicizing is permitted so as tocorrespond it to an address, such as an URL (Uniform Resource Locate),of the content to be introduced.

The blog server 3 is configured so as to include a CPU 31 that is anopen control module, a RAM 32, a memory module 35, an input module 33, adisplay module 34, and a communication module 36. CPU 31 is connectedwith each hardware component of the blog server 3 through a bus 37 tocontrol them, and performs various software-based functions. RAM 32 isconstituted with a SRAM or a flash memory to store temporary datagenerated at the time of execution of the software. For example, theinput module 33 is constituted with a keyboard, a mouse, etc. to outputinformation inputted by the user to CPU 31. The display module 34 may beconstituted with an LCD display, etc.

The memory module 35 stores blog files 351 uploaded by each user. Anauthorized user can access the blog file 351 to suitably change thecontent. T he blog file 351 is open to the third person, and the thirdperson can view the content by inputting the URL corresponding to theblog file 351 to the third person's computer 4.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the webserver 2. Similar to the blog server 3, the web server 2 is configuredso as to include a CPU 21, a RAM 22, a memory module 25, an input module23, a display module 24, and a communication module 26. Because afunction of each component is similar to that of the blog server,explanation thereof will be omitted. The memory module 25 stores awebpage file 251, an ID management file 252, and time-period informationfile 253.

The webpage file 251 stores webpages, such as news articles and images,so as to be updated as needed. The ID management file 252 stores a userID that can utilize the functions according to the present invention,and a password corresponding to the user ID. The time-period informationfile 254 stores time-period information corresponding to content on awebpage. That is, a publishing period may be set by some contract to theimage to be published by news. CPU 21 refers to the time-periodinformation on the content of the time-period information file 254, andwhen it determines that the time-period information lapsed, it deletesthe related contents from the webpage file 251.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of the webpagedisplayed by accessing the web server 2. The user computer 1 activatesthe web browser 152, and then accesses the web server 2 using HTTP(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). A user inputs a user ID and a passwordwith the input module 13 prior to viewing the webpage. CPU 11 transmitsthe inputted ID and password to the web server 2 through thecommunication module 16. CPU 21 of the web server 2 searches the IDmanagement file 252 based on the ID and password that are received bythe communication module 26, and then determines whether they areidentical to the ID and password stored in the ID management file 252.When it determines that they are identical, a webpage for members in thewebpage file 251 is read out, and it is then transmitted to the usercomputer 1 with the execute information described later.

As shown in FIG. 4, a webpage is displayed on the display module 14 ofthe user computer 1 by the web browser 152. A date, an article, and animage (or content) are displayed on the webpage, and execute informationfor executing an introduction of the image is also displayed on thewebpage. The execute information may be an “introduce” button 41displayed on the browser in FIG. 4. The user is allowed to introduce theimage by clicking the “introduce” button 41 with the input module 13. The execute information, such as “introduce” is described in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that the execute information is displayed near theimage data on the webpage file.

When the user executes the introduction of the image with the inputmodule 13 of the user computer 1, that is, when the user clicks the“introduce” button 41 that is the execute information, an address of theimage and copyright information associated with the image is sent to theweb browser 152 according to the control program 151 that is thecreation program activated in advance. Here, in this embodiment,although it is configured so that the “introduce” button 41 that is theexecute information is always displayed below the image on the webbrowser, it may be displayed only when a mouse pointer that is the inputmodule 13 is located in the image area. In this case, another programmay be added so that the execute information is displayed on the webpageby Flash etc., when the mouse pointer is coincident with the image area.

The image shown in FIG. 4 is transmitted to the user computer 1associated with an address indicating an accessing end of the image, thecopyright information, and the time-period information. A tagcorresponding to the copyright information and the time informationassociated with the image is defined in advance by some agreement. Forexample, handling of articles, images including the tag between websitesthat deal with news is defined by some agreement according to IPTC(International Press Telecommunications Council). CPU 11 of the usercomputer 1 extracts the copyright information and the time-periodinformation referring to the tag related to the copyright informationand the time-period information that are transmitted in accordance withthe control program 151. The extracted copyright information is storedin RAM 12 along with the address of the image, and the time-periodinformation is stored in the time-period information file 153.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of the web browser 152that is a creation program. The user activates the web browser 152, andthen accesses the blog server 3. After an authentication of the user, anedit screen for the blog shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. The web browser152 is provided with a title input box 51 for the blog, a date and timeinput box 52, an address input box 53 for the image, a content box 54into which the user's comment to the content is inputted, and the like.Information inputted in each input box is converted into HTML text, andis saved in the blog file 351 of the blog server 3. In FIG. 4, when theuser clicks the “introduce” button 41 that is the execute informationwith the input module 13 to start an execution of the introduction, CPU11 describes the present time in the date and time input box 52,extracts from RAM 12 the address of the image transmitted from the webserver 2, and sends it to the web browser 152, according to the controlprogram 151. The address of the image sent to the web browser 152 isdescribed in the address input box 53 for the image as shown in FIG. 5.

Similar to this, CPU 11 extracts the copyright information that istransmitted from the web server 2, from RAM 12, according to the controlprogram 151, and then sends it to the web browser 152. The copyrightinformation sent to the web browser 152 is described in the content box54 as shown in FIG. 5. The user inputs a blog title (“today's article”in FIG. 5) in the title box 51 by the input module 13 so that the blogfor the image is completed. Further, following the described copyrightinformation, a comment to the image is inputted into the content box 54by the input module 13.

When the user finished the input, the user clicks the “Post” button 55with the input module 13. By the operation of the “Post” button 55, theinputted items are converted into HTML text, and the blog after theconversion is previewed on the webpage 152. When the user determinesthat the content of the preview is satisfactory, the user then clicks a“Publish” button 56 with the input module 13 to upload the content ofthe blog to the blog server 3. This blog is stored in the blog file 351in the blog server 3.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of the blog. When thethird person accesses the blog server 3 to view the blog, CPU 31 readsout the HTML text from the blog file 351, and transmits it to the thirdperson's computer 4. A screen image shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on thebrowser of the third person's computer 4. The browser of the computerrequests the web server 2 for an acquisition of the image for theaddress with reference to the address of the image, and then displays animage as shown in FIG. 6. Further, the copyright information and thecomment (“Mr. OO in this photograph is well known as a Japanophile.”)which are described in the content box 54 is displayed below the image.Thus, when the user executes the introduction of the content, and takesthe content into the user's blog, the copyright information is sent tothe web browser 152 by processing of the control program 151 without theuser being conscious, and the copyright information is then added to theblog.

CPU 11 of the user computer 1 may periodically access the time-periodinformation file 153, and compares the time-period information duringwhich the publicizing of stored information corresponding to theuploaded image is permitted with the present date and time to determinewhether the publicizing is still possible. When the time period duringwhich the publicizing is permitted lapsed, CPU 11 reads out from thememory module 15 the information indicating that the introduction periodended, and displays it on the display module 14 for warning. Again, theuser can access the blog file 351 of the blog server 3 to delete theuploaded address or the comment of the image.

FIG. 7 or 9 are flowcharts showing a creation processing procedure ofthe blog according to the control program 151. Based on an instructionof the user from the input module 13, CPU 11 activates the web browser152 (Step S71). Under the condition of inputting URL related to the blogserver 3 by the input module 13, CPU 11 accesses the blog server 3 (StepS72). When the user inputs an ID and a password with the input module 13for login, CPU 11 receives this input, and transmits the received ID andpassword to the blog server 3 (Step S73).

The blog server 3 determines whether the ID and password stored in thememory module 35 are identical to the incoming ID and password. CPU 31terminates this routine when it does not succeed in this authentication(NO in Step S74). On the other hand, when CPU 31 determines that itsucceeded in the authentication (YES in Step S74), CPU 31 then transmitsthe edit screen according to the blog file 351 corresponding to the IDto the user computer 1 (Step S75). CPU 11 of the user computer 1displays the edit screen transmitted to the web browser 152 as acreation program, as shown in FIG. 5 (Step S76).

Then, CPU 11 activates another web browser 152, and accesses the webserver 2 which distributes news, based on the URL inputted with theinput module 13. The user inputs the ID and password with the inputmodule 13. CPU 11 transmits the ID and password that are inputted withthe input module 13 to the web server 2 (Step S77). The web server 2determines whether the ID and password stored in the ID management file252 of the memory module 25 are identical to the incoming ID andpassword. When CPU 21 does not succeed in the authentication (NO in StepS78), it then transmits a common screen image for non-members to theuser computer (Step S79), and then terminates this routine. On the otherhand, when CPU 21 determines that it succeeded in the authentication(YES in Step S78), CPU 21 then reads out the webpage stored in thewebpage file 251, and then transmits to the user computer as a screenimage only for members (Step S710). In the meantime, although the webserver 2 requires the input of ID and password in this embodiment, thisprocess may be omitted.

CPU 11 displays the transmitted screen image only for members on the webbrowser 152 which is activated by a window different from the webbrowser 152 activated in Step S76. The user views the webpage, and thenselects an article to be described in the blog by the input module 13(Step S711). In response to the request from the input module 13, CPU 21of the web server 2 transmits information on the webpage related to thearticle.

CPU 21 transmits the article, the image, the address of the image, andthe execute information for executing an introduction of the content tothe user computer 1 (Step S712).

Based on the information transmitted from the web server 2, CPU 11displays the webpage related to the article, as shown in FIG. 4. Asshown in FIG. 4, the article, the image, and the “introduce” button 41that is execute information for executing the introduction of the imageare displayed on the web browser 152 (Step S713). Further, CPU 21 readsout the copyright information and the time-period information associatedwith the image from the webpage file 251, and then transmits them to theuser computer (Step S714). When the user computer 1 receives thecopyright information, it then stores the information in RAM 12 so as tocorrespond it to the address information on the image, or when thetime-period information is received, it stores the information in thetime-period information file 153 so as to correspond it to the addressinformation on the image (Step S715).

When the execution of the content introduction is performed inassociation with the execute information from the input module 13 forexecuting the introduction of the content, that is, when the “introduce”button 41 associated with the image is selected by the input module 13(Step S716), CPU 11 then extracts the copyright information from RAM 12(Step S717). Then, CPU 11 sends the address of the image transmitted inStep S712 and the copyright information transmitted in Step S714 to theweb browser 152 activated in Step S76 that is a creation program (StepS81).

CPU 11 displays the sent image address in the address input box 53 ofthe image of the web browser 152, and further displays the sentcopyright information in the content box 54, as shown in FIG. 5. CPU 11receives a comment of the user to the image inputted with the inputmodule 13 (Step S82), and displays it in the content box 54. W hen CPU11 receives an operation of the “Post” button 55 or the “Publish” button56 with the input module 13, it uploads (or transmits) the image addressdisplayed in the address input box 53, the copyright informationdisplayed in the content box 54, and the comment to the blog server 3(Step S83).

CPU 31 of the blog server 3 refers to the user's ID, and stores theuploaded image address, copyright information, and comment in thecorresponding blog file 351 (Step S84). When there is an access from thethird person's computer 4 to the blog server 3, and a viewing requestfor the user's blog is received, CPU 31 transmits the blog including theimage address, copyright information, and comment that are uploaded tothe blog file 351 to the third person's computer 4. The third person'scomputer 4 displays the transmitted blog on the web browser, while itrequests an acquisition of the image to the web server 2 with referenceto the transmitted image address (Step S85).

When CPU 21 of the web server 2 receives the acquisition request for theimage, it reads out a corresponding image from the webpage file 251 withreference to the transmitted image address, and transmits the read-outimage to the third person's computer 4 which is a requestor through thecommunication module 26 (Step S86). The third person's computer 4displays the blog transmitted from the blog server 3 and described inHTML, and the image transmitted from the web server 2 on a web browser.Near the transmitted image, the copyright information is displayed onthe web browser along with the comment (Step S87).

CPU 11 of the user computer compares the time-period information storedin the time-period information file 153 in Step S715 and the presentdate and time at an appropriate timing, and then determines whether theimage to be introduced falls within the introduction period (Step S88).When CPU 11 determines that it falls within the introduction period (YESin Step S88), CPU 11 repeats the above routine until the introductionperiod lapsed. On the other hand, when CPU 11 determines that it doesnot fall within the introduction period (NO in Step S88), CPU 11 readsout an indication that the introduction period of the image is endedfrom the memory module 15, and displays it on the display module 14(Step S89). Thus, even when the introduction period of the image lapsed,the user can easily know that the end-time, and is possible to deletethe article related to the image from the blog.

In addition, similarly, if the content is an article, such as text, theexecute information for introducing the content is displayed near thearticle, and the copyright information associated with the article istransmitted to the user computer 1. Further, the address correspondingto the article is also transmitted to the user computer 1, and a similarroutine to the image is performed.

Embodiment 2

Embodiment 2 relates to a mode in which a view restriction of the blogis performed. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of aview-restriction process according to Embodiment 2. First, CPU 11 of theuser computer 1 receives an input of a refusal address for which viewingof an introduced blog is restricted, from the input module 13 (StepS91). As for the refusal address, an IP address may be used, forexample. Similar to Step S83, CPU 11 uploads a comment, an address ofthe image, copyright information, and the received refusal address tothe blog server 3 (Step S92).

CPU 31 of the blog server 3 refers to the user's ID, and then stores theuploaded comment, address of the image, copyright information, andreceived refusal address to the blog file 351 (Step S93). When there isa viewing request for a blog from the third person's computer 4, CPU 31then compares the IP address of the computer according to the viewingrequest with the refusal address stored in the blog file 351, anddetermines whether one is identical to the other (Step S94). When CPU 31determines that they are not identical (NO in Step S94), it reads out animage address, copyright information, and comment from the blog file 351(Step S95). Then, the read-out image address, copyright information, andcomment are transmitted to the IP address which made the viewing request(Step S96).

The web browser of the third person's computer 4 refers to thetransmitted address of the image, and then performs an acquisitionrequest for the image to the web server 2 (Step S97). Then, the webbrowser displays the transmitted image, as well as the copyrightinformation and the comment (Step S98). On the other hand, when CPU 31determines that it is identical to the refusal address (YES in StepS94), it reads out the view-restriction information stored in the memorymodule 35, and reads out the copyright information and the comment fromthe blog file 351 (Step S99). Then, CPU 31 transmits theview-restriction information, the copyright information, and the commentthat are read out to the IP address according to the third person'scomputer 4 with view restriction (Step S910). The web browser of thethird person's computer 4 which received them does not display the imagewith the view restriction, and instead, it displays the view-restrictioninformation, and further, it displays the copyright information and thecomment (Step S911). Thus, by a user who performs the introductionperforming the view restriction, a newspaper publishing company whichadministrates the web server 2 may be possible to reliably permit theuser to create a blog.

This Embodiment 2 is configured as above, and because otherconfiguration and operations are similar to that of Embodiment 1,similar reference numerals are given to corresponding components and,thus, the detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 3

The computer program for operating the user computer 1 may also beprovided as a portable-type recording medium, such as a CD-ROM, MO toEmbodiments 1 and 2 described above, like the this Embodiment 3.Further, it is also possible to provide the computer program bytransmitting as a subcarrier via a communication line. Below, thedescription thereof will be explained.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a usercomputer 1 and a blog server 3 according to Embodiment 3. A recordingmedium la (CD-ROM, MO, DVD-ROM, or the like) with which a program thatcauses a recording-medium reading device (not illustrated) of the usercomputer 1 shown in FIG. 11 to receive the execute information, extractthe copyright information, and send the address information and thecopyright information is recorded is installed in the memory module 15.Alternatively, this program may be downloaded from an external computerthrough the communication module 16, and may be installed in the memorymodule 15. This program is loaded to RAM 12 of the user computer 1 to beexecuted. Thus, this program may function as the user computer 1 of theinvention as described above.

This Embodiment 3 is configured as above, and because otherconfiguration and operations are similar to that of Embodiments 1 and 2,similar reference numerals are given to corresponding components and,thus, the detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 4

The introduction process of content may be performed by the usercomputer 1 as described below. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showingan image of a webpage displayed by accessing the web server 2. Same asEmbodiment 1, an article transmitted from the web server 2 is displayedon the web browser 152. When a user right-clicks desired content to beintroduced by the input module 13 (in this example, the image isright-clicked), a separate window is displayed, and “introduce” as wellas “properties” are displayed, as shown in FIG. 11.

When a user clicks this “introduce” by the input module 13, CPU 11extracts an address of the image, and copyright information associatedwith the image, and then sends the extracted image address and copyrightinformation to the web browser 152 actuated as a separate window. Thesent image address and copyright information are displayed as shown inFIG. 5. Thus, the processes described in Embodiment 1 may be added tothe web browser 152 as a plug-in.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a creation processaccording to Embodiment 4. Because the processes of Step S71 throughStep S76 are similar to that of Embodiment 1, explanation thereof willbe omitted. In response to a request from the user computer 1, CPU 21 ofthe web server 2 reads out an article, an image, and an address of theimage, and copyright information from the webpage file 251, and thentransmits them to the user computer 1 (Step S121). The web browser 152of the user computer 1 displays the transmitted article, as shown inFIG. 11 (Step S122). CPU 11 determines whether it received a selectionof the image from the input module 13 so that the user introduces theimage (Step S123). When CPU 11 determines that the selection of theimage is not received (NO in Step S123), it terminates the creationprocess.

On the other hand, when CPU 11 determines that it received the selectionof the image (YES in Step S123), for example, when a right-click isperformed on the image area by the input module 13, CPU 11 displays anintroduction command (“introduce” in the figure) on the window of theweb browser 152, as shown in FIG. 11 (Step S124). In the meantime, inthe case that the content is text, such as an article, a target area isspecified by dragging on the article to be introduced by the inputmodule 13, and when the target area is right-clicked, the introductioncommand (“introduce” in the figure) may be displayed on the window ofthe web browser 152, as shown in FIG. 11. The user selects theintroduction command with the input module 13 when he/she desires tointroduce the image. CPU 11 receives this introduction command (StepS125), and then extracts the address and the copyright information onthe image (Step S126).

Then, CPU 11 sends the extracted image address and copyright informationto the separate web browser 152 that is a creation program actuated inStep S71 (Step S127). Here, because the processes after this are similarto those explained in Embodiment 1, explanation thereof will be omitted.

The computer program for realizing the functions of the user computer 1according to this embodiment may also be provided as a portable-typerecording medium, such as CD-ROM, MO, etc. Further, it may be possibleto provide the computer program by propagating as a subcarrier via acommunication line. Below, the description thereof will be explained.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the usercomputer 1 and the blog server 3 according to Embodiment 4. A recordingmedium 11 a (CD-ROM, MO, DVD-ROM, or the like) with which a programcauses the recording-medium reading device (not illustrated) of the usercomputer 1 shown in FIG. 13 to receive the selection of the introductioncontent, extract the address information and the copyright information,and sends the address information and the copyright information isrecorded is installed in the web browser 152 of the memory module 15 asa plug-in software. Alternatively, this program may be downloaded froman external computer through the communication module 16, and may beinstalled as plug-in software of the web browser 152. This program isloaded to RAM 12 of the user computer 1 to be executed. Thus, theprogram functions as the user computer 1 of the invention describedabove.

This Embodiment 4 is configured as above, and because otherconfiguration and operations are similar to that of Embodiments 1-3,similar reference numerals are given to corresponding components and,thus, the detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 5

In Embodiment 1, although it is configured that the user computer 1acquires the copyright information and uploads it to the blog server 3,the blog server 3 may acquire the copyright information. Herein below,the description will be explained using a flowchart. FIG. 15 is aflowchart showing a procedure of a creation process according toEmbodiment 5. Because the processes of Step S71 through Step S711 aresimilar to that of Embodiment 1, explanation thereof will be omitted.After Step S711, CPU 21 of the web server 2 transmits the selectedarticle, image, execute information, and the address of the blog server3 to the user computer 1 (Step S151).

This execute information to be transmitted is described with hyperlinkin which an address for accessing the blog server 3 is described inaddition to those described in Embodiment 1. That is, in addition toHTML for displaying the “introduce” button 41, HTML in which URL of theblog server 3 is described is inserted, and a screen image shown in FIG.4 is displayed on the web browser 152. CPU 11 of the user computer 1causes the web browser 152 to display the execution to which an article,an image, and a hyperlink to the blog server 3 are added on the displaymodule 14 (Step S152). When an introduction of the image is executed byan instruction of the user from the input module 13 (Step S153), thatis, when CPU 11 determines that there is an access request to thehyperlink for the blog server 3 in response to a click of the“introduce” button 41 with the input module 13, CPU 11 accesses the blogserver 3, extracts the address of the image to be introduced from theweb browser 152, and then transmits it to the blog server 3 (Step S154).

When the address of the image is transmitted in response to an accessfrom the user computer 1 which has already logged in, CPU 11 of the blogserver 3 stores the transmitted address to the blog file 351 in thememory module 35. Then, CPU 31 accesses the web server 2 referring tothe transmitted address of the image, and performs an acquisitionrequest for the copyright information corresponding to the address ofthe image to be introduced (Step S155). CPU 21 of the web server 2 readsout the copyright information corresponding to the address of the imageto be introduced from the webpage file 251, and then transmits it to theblog server 3 (Step S156). Here, the acquisition of the copyrightinformation may be performed as follows. CPU 31 accesses the web server2 referring to the address of the image transmitted from the usercomputer 1, and then receives the image and the copyright informationassociated with the image. Thus, an appropriate means for simultaneouslyreceiving the image and the copyright information on the image stored inthe webpage file 251 of the web server 2, or receiving the copyrightinformation only may be adapted.

CPU 31 of the blog server 3 stores the transmitted copyright informationso as to correspond it to the address of the image stored in the blogfile 351 (Step S157). With the above processes, the address and thecopyright information of the image which the user desires to introduceare uploaded to the user's blog so as to correspond to each other. Then,the user inputs a comment with the input module 13 to describe thecomment to the image to be introduced. CPU 11 then receives the commentinputted from the input module 13 (Step S158), and uploads the inputtedcomment to the blog server 3 when triggered by an operation of the“Post” button 55 or the “Publish” button 56 with the input module 13(Step S159).

CPU 31 of the blog server 3 stores the transmitted comment so as tocorrespond it to the copyright information and the image address storedin the blog file 351 of the user (Step S1510). Because subsequentprocesses are similar to that described in Step S85, detailedexplanation thereof will be omitted. Thus, the blog stored in the blogfile 351 may be viewed by accessing from the third person's computer 4.However, in this case, the address of the image and the copyrightinformation are read out corresponding to the comment, and are displayedon the blog file 351. Therefore, it is possible to protect the copyrightof the content with easy operations at the blog server 3 end.

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 19. An information introducing system including acreation device for creating a webpage on which the content stored in aweb server is posted, the creation device comprising: a receiving modulefor receiving content, a content address of the content, copyrightinformation on the content, and display-component informationcorresponding to a display-component for receiving an instruction forthe content posting that are transmitted from the web server; a memorymodule for storing the received copyright information so as tocorrespond it to the received content address; a display module fordisplaying the display-component corresponding to the receiveddisplay-component information with the received content; a means forextracting the content address of the content displayed with thedisplay-component and the copyright information corresponding to thecontent address, from those stored in the memory module, when theinstruction for the content posting is received by the displayeddisplay-component; and a means for describing the extracted contentaddress and copyright information on an edit page for the webpage to becreated.
 20. The information introducing system of claim 19, furthercomprising an open server computer connected with the creation devicethrough a communication network; wherein the creation device includes: ameans for receiving a comment related to the content displayed on thedisplay module; a means for describing the received comment on the editpage; and a means for transmitting described information on the editpage to the open server computer.
 21. The information introducing systemof claim 20, wherein the open server computer includes: a server memorymodule for storing the described information on the edit pagetransmitted from the creation device; and a means for reading thecontent address, the copyright information, and the comment from thedescribed information on the edit page stored in the server memorymodule, when a view-request for the webpage related to the edit page isreceived from outside, and transmitting them to an outside view-requestterminal.
 22. The information introducing system of claim 21, whereinthe creation device includes: a means for receiving a refusal address ofan accessing end to be refused for viewing the content corresponding tothe content address described on the edit page; and a means fortransmitting the received refusal address to the open server computer;wherein the open server computer stores view-restriction information inadvance; and the open server computer includes: a means for storing therefusal address transmitted from the creation device in the servermemory module so as to correspond it to the describing content on theedit page on which the content address of the content associated withthe refusal address is described; a means for comparing an address of anoutside view-request terminal with the refusal address when theview-request for the webpage related to the edit page is received fromoutside; and a means for reading the view-restriction information fromstored information, when the address of the outside view-requestterminal is determined to be identical to the refusal address by thecomparison, and transmitting them to the outside view-request terminal.23. The information introducing system of claim 19, wherein the webserver includes a means for transmitting time-period informationdefining a time period during which publicizing of the content ispermitted, to the creation device; and wherein the creation devicestores in advance, end information indicating that a publishable periodof the content is ended, and the creation device includes: a means forstoring the time-period information transmitted from the web server inthe memory module so as to correspond it to the content address of thecontent associated with the time-period information; a means forcomparing the stored time-period information with the present date andtime; and a means for displaying the end information on the displaymodule for the content in relation to the content address correspondingto the time-period information, when it is determined by the comparisonthat the time period defined by the time-period information lapses. 24.The information introducing system of claim 20, wherein the web serverincludes a means for transmitting time-period information defining atime period during which publicizing of the content is permitted, to thecreation device; and wherein the creation device stores in advance, endinformation indicating that a publishable period of the content isended, and the creation device includes: a means for storing thetime-period information transmitted from the web server in the memorymodule so as to correspond it to the content address of the contentassociated with the time-period information; a means for comparing thestored time-period information with the present date and time; and ameans for displaying the end information on the display module for thecontent in relation to the content address corresponding to thetime-period information, when it is determined by the comparison thatthe time period defined by the time-period information lapses.
 25. Theinformation introducing system of claim 21, wherein the web serverincludes a means for transmitting time-period information defining atime period during which publicizing of the content is permitted, to thecreation device; and wherein the creation device stores in advance, endinformation indicating that a publishable period of the content isended, and the creation device includes: a means for storing thetime-period information transmitted from the web server in the memorymodule so as to correspond it to the content address of the contentassociated with the time-period information; a means for comparing thestored time-period information with the present date and time; and ameans for displaying the end information on the display module for thecontent in relation to the content address corresponding to thetime-period information, when it is determined by the comparison thatthe time period defined by the time-period information lapses.
 26. Theinformation introducing system of claim 22, wherein the web serverincludes a means for transmitting time-period information defining atime period during which publicizing of the content is permitted, to thecreation device; and wherein the creation device stores in advance, endinformation indicating that a publishable period of the content isended, and the creation device includes: a means for storing thetime-period information transmitted from the web server in the memorymodule so as to correspond it to the content address of the contentassociated with the time-period information; a means for comparing thestored time-period information with the present date and time; and ameans for displaying the end information on the display module for thecontent in relation to the content address corresponding to thetime-period information, when it is determined by the comparison thatthe time period defined by the time-period information lapses.
 27. Acomputer program causing a computer having a communication module, amemory module, and a display module to create a webpage on which contentis posted, the computer program causing the computer to function asmeans comprising: a means for receiving content, a content address ofthe content, copyright information on the content, and display-componentinformation corresponding to a display-component for receiving aninstruction for the content posting, from an external content storagethrough the communication module; a means for storing the receivedcopyright information in the memory module so as to correspond it to thereceived content address; a means for displaying the display-componentcorresponding to the received display-component information on thedisplay module with the received content; a means for extracting thecontent address of the content displayed with the display-component andthe copyright information corresponding to the content address, fromthose stored in the memory module, when the instruction for the contentposting is received by the displayed display-component; and a means fordescribing the extracted content address and copyright information on anedit page for the webpage to be created.
 28. The computer program ofclaim 27, causing the computer to function as means comprising: a meansfor receiving a comment related to the content; a means for describingthe received comment on the edit page; and a means for transmittingdescribed information on the edit page to an external open servercomputer through the communication module.
 29. The computer program ofclaim 27, wherein the memory module stores end information indicatingthat a publishable period of the content is ended; and the computerprogram causing the computer to function as means comprising: a meansfor receiving time-period information defining a time period duringwhich publicizing of the content is permitted transmitted from theexternal content storage through the communication module; a means forstoring the received time-period information in the memory module so asto correspond it to the content address of content associated with thetime-period information; a means for comparing the stored time-periodinformation with the present date and time; and a means for displayingthe end information on the display module for the content in relation tothe content address corresponding to the time-period information, whenit is determined by the comparison that the time period defined by thetime-period information lapses.
 30. The computer program of claim 28,wherein the memory module stores end information indicating that apublishable period of the content is ended; and the computer programcausing the computer to function as means comprising: a means forreceiving time-period information defining a time period during whichpublicizing of the content is permitted transmitted from the externalcontent storage through the communication module; a means for storingthe received time-period information in the memory module so as tocorrespond it to the content address of content associated with thetime-period information; a means for comparing the stored time-periodinformation with the present date and time; and a means for displayingthe end information on the display module for the content in relation tothe content address corresponding to the time-period information, whenit is determined by the comparison that the time period defined by thetime-period information lapses.
 31. The computer program of claim 27,causing the computer to function as means comprising: a means forreceiving a refusal address of an accessing end to be refused forviewing the content corresponding to the content address described onthe edit page; and a means for transmitting the received refusal addressto an external open server computer through the communication module.32. The computer program of claim 28, causing the computer to functionas means comprising: a means for receiving the refusal address of anaccessing end to be refused for viewing the content corresponding to thecontent address described on the edit page; and a means for transmittingthe received refusal address to the external open server computerthrough the communication module.
 33. The computer program of claim 29,causing the computer to function as means comprising: a means forreceiving the refusal address of an accessing end to be refused forviewing the content corresponding to the content address described onthe edit page; and a means for transmitting the received refusal addressto an external open server computer through the communication module.34. The computer program of claim 30, causing the computer to functionas means comprising: a means for receiving the refusal address of anaccessing end to be refused for viewing the content corresponding to thecontent address described on the edit page; a means for transmitting thereceived refusal address to the external open server computer throughthe communication module.
 35. A computer program causing the computerhaving a communication module, a memory module, and a display module tocreate a webpage on which content is posted, the computer programcausing the computer to function as means comprising: a means forreceiving content, a content address of the content, display-componentinformation corresponding to a display-component for receiving aninstruction for the content posting, and an address of an exterior openserver computer linked to the display-component, from an externalcontent storage through the communication module, a means for storingthe received content address in the memory module; a means fordisplaying the display-component corresponding to the receiveddisplay-component information on the display module with the receivedcontent; a means for extracting the content address of the contentdisplayed with the display-component from those stored in the memorymodule, when an instruction for the content posting is received by thedisplayed display-component; and a means for transmitting the extractedcontent address to the external open server computer through thecommunication module based on the address of the exterior open servercomputer linked to the display-component.
 36. The computer program ofclaim 35, causing the computer to function as means comprising: a meansfor receiving a comment related to the content; and a means fortransmitting the received comment to the external open server computerthrough the communication module.